Locking receptacle for milk bottles



No'v.20, 1934. H. e. CHARLET 1,981,730

LOCKING RECEPTAGLE FOR MILK BOTTLES Filed April 19, 1953 [2592 279 6.Cariaij INVENTOR ATTOR N EY Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENTGFFIUE'.

1 Claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a device readily applicable toa wall surface at some convenient point for the reception of a milkbottle, so that when the latter is once seated in the device it may beeffectively retained therein against surreptitious removal; to provide adevice of the kind indicated which is releasable from the opposite sideof the wall surface to which it is attached, as, for example, theinterior wall surface of the house on which the device is mounted; andgenerally to provide a device of the kind indicated which is of simpleform and susceptible of cheap manufacture.

With this object in view, the invention consists in a construction andcombination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated inthe accompanying drawing but to which embodiment the invention is not tobe restricted. Continued use in practice may dictate certain changes 20or alterations and the right is claimed to make any which fall withinthe scope of the annexed claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 ofFigure 1, the cap memher being shown in dotted lines in the elevated orrelease position.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

The invention comprises a frame formed to provide a seat for the bottomor lower end of a milk bottle, this frame being formed from a metalplate coiled around upright bars at its opposite side edges and extendedforward, as indicated at 12, at its lower end to provide the bottle seatproper which is bounded with a guard flange 14, terminally secured byrivets or other fasteners to the coiled portions of the plate 10 andturned in, as indicated at 16, under the forwardly extending portion ofthe plate. This arrangement provides an effective seat for a milk bottle17, when the frame is attached to a wall surface, as may be done bymeans of screws 18, passed through eyes or openings in the plate.

The plate at the upper end is coiled to provide pintle receiving barrels19 in which the pintle 20 of the cap 21 is received, the cap beinglikewise formed with barrels 22 embracing the pintle adjacent thebarrels 19 but being separated from each other a suflicient distance toprovide a space for the coil spring 23 which is disposed in surroundingrelation to the pintle and terminally bears against the face of theplate and the under face of the cap. The spring 23 is a torsion springand tends normally to elevate the cap to the dotted line positionindicated in Figure 2.

The cap has a peripheral pendent flange 24 which overhangs the milkbottle 17 at the mouth and prevents it being removed laterally from thedevice by swinging the upper end outwardly and springing the capslightly, as might be the case were the flange omitted.

A latching pawl 25 is provided for retaining the cap in its loweredposition in opposition to the spring 23. This latching pawl is disposedin a sheet metal casing 26 riveted or otherwise secured to the plate 10.The pawl is spring actuated, as indicated at 27, to impel its nose in adirection to effect engagement of the nose with the opening a keeperplate 28 which is secured to the cap and which enters the casing 26 whenthe cap is swung down to bottle engaging position.

A release rod 29 is provided and connects with the tail end of thelatching pawl, this release rod extending through an opening in the wallsurface to which the device may be attached and terminating in a pushknob 39 on the opposite side of the wall surface.

The spring tends normally to elevate the cap member to vertical positionwhen a milk bottle may be readily inserted or removed. When the bottleof milk is delivered, it is seated in the device and the cap forced downagainst the pressure of the spring 23, until the pawl engages the keeperplate, when the cap becomes latched in its lowered position. The userdesiring to remove the milk, will apply a pressure to the finger knob 30which will result in rocking the pawl 25 on its pivot against thepressure of its spring 27. But the rocking of the pawl will release itfrom the keeper plate and as soon as release is effected, the cap willbe automatically elevated by the spring 23.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

A locking receptacle for milk bottles comprising a frame provided with aseat for the lower end of a milk bottle to prevent lateral movement ofthe same thereon, a cap hingedly mounted at the upper end of the frameand provided with a pendent bounding flange for overhanging the upper ormouth end of the milk bottle, said cap being swingable from a verticalupstanding position to a horizontal lowered position, the frame beingformed with a casing at the back and just below the plane of the cap, apawl interior to and pivotally mounted on the front wall of said casing,the casing being open at the upper end and closed by the cap when inlowered position, the cap frame is attached, and a hand knob carried atthe remote end of the release rod, the pawl having a spring yieldinglyimpelling its nose toward the keeper plate and the cap having a springtending to lift it to its raised position.

HENRY G. CHARLET.

